QID 378742

QID 378742: Splunk Enterprise Resource Description Format Site Summary (RSS) Vulnerability (SVD-2023-0201)

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.1.13 and 8.2.10, the createrss external search command overwrites existing Resource Description Format Site Summary (RSS) feeds without verifying permissions. This feature has been deprecated and disabled by default.

CVE-2023-22931.

Affected Versions:
Splunk Enterprise versions from 8.1.0 prior to 8.1.12
Splunk Enterprise versions from 8.2.0 prior to 8.2.9

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated)
Linux: Checks for installed vulnerable version of Splunk Enterprise from "/etc/splunk.version" file either in "/opt/splunk" directory or using "$SPLUNK_HOME" environment variable along with splunk web configuration check using "/etc/system/default/limit.conf" or "/etc/system/local/limit.conf".

Successful exploitation may lead to attacks against RSS software itself, and attacks that use RSS to distribute malicious code to browsers and mail readers.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 4.3 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4 severity.

Solution

Vendor has released updated versions to fix these vulnerabilities. Please refer SVD-2023-0201 for more details.

Vendor References

SVD-2023-0201 - advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0201

CVEs related to QID 378742

CVE-2023-22931 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
SVD-2023-0201			advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0201

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